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- 13 May 2015
- News
6 Reasons Businesses Are Rejected for Small Business Loans
- 05 May 2021
- News
"The Heart of Business" with Hubert Joly
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
The flow of money across borders
- January–February 2021
- Article
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to...
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Keywords:
Executive Compensation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Strategy;
Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino, and Metin Aksoy. "Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 102–111.
- June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Bankruptcy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Strategy;
Risk Management;
Executive Compensation;
Cash Flow;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Media;
Advertising;
Restructuring;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Publishing Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers." Harvard Business School Case 213-142, June 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- 2009
- Book
Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization
By: Ranjay Gulati
In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most companies say they're "customer focused," but they don't deliver solutions to customers' thorniest problems. Why?...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Profit;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Cooperation
Gulati, Ranjay. Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
- October 2014 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Procter & Gamble, 2015
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
On July 30, 2015, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced headline double-digit earnings per share growth for the year ended June 30. A closer look at the numbers suggested a less healthy picture. Sales, volumes, and operating profits were down. Investors were not impressed;...
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Keywords:
Strategic Analysis;
Strategy;
Consumer Products;
Global;
Procter & Gamble;
Corporate Strategy;
Competition;
Consumer Products Industry
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Procter & Gamble, 2015." Harvard Business School Case 715-429, October 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
- May 2019
- Case
Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president of marketing and product development at Caesan, must recommend to the Board of Directors whether to launch the product...
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Management;
Product Marketing;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and Katherine B. Hartman. "Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-521, May 2019.
- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy
By: Robert Simons
This module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model—the levers of control. The four levers are: (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) diagnostic control systems, and (4) interactive control...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Levers Of Control;
Balancing Innovation And Control;
Managing Growing Businesses;
Turn Around Management;
Human Behavior;
Organizational Life Cycle;
Strategy;
Management Systems;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Behavior
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-115, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Market Imperfections and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao
This chapter reviews the main theories in strategic management that seek to explain persistent differences in profitability across companies. We argue that these differences are ultimately explained by market imperfections. Studying differences in financial performance...
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Keywords:
Strategic Management;
Market Imperfections;
Five Forces Framework;
Competitive Advantage;
Profit
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Market Imperfections and Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Chap. 12 in Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics, by Christopher R. Thomas and William F. Shughart II, 262–277. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
On May 12, 2012, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced an offer to buy Media General’s (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and, under a separate agreement, provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
Tatiana Sandino
Tatiana Sandino is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, most recently teaching and undertaking the role of course head for the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. She has... View Details
- February 2011
- Supplement
Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc.
By: Peter A. Coles
This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing...
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Keywords:
Market Design;
Pollutants;
Investment;
Price;
Profit;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Decisions;
Service Industry;
Energy Industry
Coles, Peter A. "Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-053, February 2011.
- Program
Owner/President Management
capabilities Formulate optimal financing strategies Embrace digital transformation to drive breakthrough innovation Lead organizational change and drive profitable growth Identify and exploit opportunities locally and internationally...
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- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's technology choice and capacity decisions. We show that emissions price uncertainty under cap-and-trade results in greater expected profit than a constant emissions price under an emissions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
concerned with cash flow versus profits and why that matters for your business and budget Identify ways to create and measure value in order to evaluate and pitch potential projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect...
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- March 2015
- Article
Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage
By: Humberto Brea-Solís, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Emili Grifell-Tatjé
We develop an analytical framework on the basis of the economics of business performance to provide quantitative insight into the link between a firm's business model choices and its profit consequences. The method is applied to Walmart by building a qualitative...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Quantitative Analysis;
Walmart;
Production Theory;
Business Model;
Competitive Advantage;
Profit
Brea-Solís, Humberto, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili Grifell-Tatjé. "Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage." Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 9, no. 1 (March 2015): 12–33.
- April 2024
- Teaching Note
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the...
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- October 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision
By: Elie Ofek, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
In early 2016, Motoi Oyama, president and CEO of ASICS, a major sports apparel and footwear manufacturer based in Japan, lays out his company’s growth plan for the upcoming 5 years. The new plan set ambitious goals in terms of revenue and profit increases. At the heart...
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Keywords:
Brand Management;
Sports Apparel;
Competitive Positioning;
Direct To Consumer Marketing;
Retail Formats;
Lifestyle Brands;
Information Technology;
Competition;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Channels;
Sports;
Retail Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Ofek, Elie, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision." Harvard Business School Case 517-060, October 2016. (Revised April 2018.)